Casualties pics.
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the casualties history----Six or seven years back, a couple of drunk punks got together -- no equipment, no experience, and no money. They just wanted to make some noise for the boys and have a band to past the time. It was around 1992 that they started "The Casualties." The band members were influnced completely by Oi punk like The Partisans & Infa-Riot, which was very rare in NYC in the early 90's: at tis time, most people in the scene were into crust or borderline thrash metal. The would be seen playin shows at ABC No Rio and the big punk festival in Brooklyn called the Beer Olympics. Other than that, they didn't travel or go out of state for gigs. The Casualties recorded their first song, "Politicl Sin," for a 7" compilation called Benefit for Beer, which included three other local punk bands: The Deviators, Jesus Chrust, and Public Nuisance. The Casualtties' first single, "40oz. Casualty," was recorded in '93. It contained six songs and was released on the band's own label, Glue 001. They put the record out for their friends and the local scene rather than trying to make a commercial release out of it. In 1994, Mark and Fred quit the band only to be replaced by jake on guitar and Mike on bass. It was that same year that the Casualties went to a small studio in New Jersey to record two tracks for the "Pogo Attack" compilation, one of the tracks being the infamous "For the Punx." The Casualties eventually found themselves banned from ABC, and drug abuse caught up with two of the members. This ended up with Yureesh (drummer) and Colin (singer) being kicked out of the band. The Casualties stayed as a four-piece, and Shawn joined to play drums. This change saw the band on a tour with The Varukers, as well as back in the crap box for a new single.